Polish freighter SZAFIR attacked, 5 crew including Master hijacked

General cargo vessel SZAFIR was attacked by Nigerian pirates during the night Nov 26 – Nov 27 in Nigerian waters, vessel was en route from Antwerp Belgium to Onne Nigeria. 5 of the 16 Polish crew were hijacked, among them Master, three officers and a seaman. The rest of the crew reportedly safe, vessel didn’t reach Onne yet, or maybe AIS transmitter was destroyed.

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Mikhail is a professional merchant marine navigator by education and a well known maritime online journalist. He maintains the "Maritime Bulletin", a private maritime news and analysis website for many years now and frequently publishes on FleetMon.com as a guest editor.

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